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| Though Arnab Goswami did not name her, the reference was clear and a troll-driven hashtag #ArnabSlapsSagarika trended for sometime on Saturday. Twitter pic |
Journalist Sagarika Ghose has responded to Times Now editor Arnab Goswami's recent blog, in which he had attacked her as a has-been anchor.
Though Arnab Goswami did not name her, the reference was clear and a troll-driven hashtag #ArnabSlapsSagarika trended for sometime on Saturday.
Sagarika Ghose tweeted on Sunday morning describing the present times as India's version of McCarthyism drawing a comparison to the infamous episode of the US history in which liberal-leaning individuals were hounded as communists.
She said people like her who were not acting like cheer leaders were being hounded. Most had sold their souls, she added, perhaps in an oblique reference to Arnab Goswami.
Taking on the trolls, who had gone after her on Saturday, Sagarika Ghose tweeted a link to her article on the chamchas of Modi regime and advised them to read it, again making a subtle reference to Arnab Goswami as a cheer leader.
Sagarika Ghose and her husband Rajdeep Sardesai have been critical of the ascendance of Hindutva politics under Modi and are frequently targeted by those swearing by it.
Arnab Goswami had written a blog in the Business World recently taking on his critics, who had stated that he had gone soft on Modi during his interview with the PM.
Without naming Sagarika Ghose, he had referred to her as a has-been anchor, who had deleted a tweet on his interview with Modi after getting angry reactions.
Sagarika Ghose had deleted a tweet in which she had commented that Modi should have held a press conference instead of chatting with a channel exclusively.
Arnab Goswami said it was a common practice to give interviews are given to the channels which commanded large viewership.
He also said desperately lobbies for an opportunity to be invited on my Newshour debates,
These years =indeed India's version of Mccarthyism.Few not cheerleading the regime will be hounded,most will sell their souls. Happy Sunday!— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) July 3, 2016
Morning all! Hey Bhakts don't obsess about me in vain, read this replug of my article instead pic.twitter.com/CG2Er2QbL8— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) July 3, 2016
Oh my! What a lot of tu tu main main on Twitter at the mo. Enjoy people, we "has-beens" better go back to our Horlicks & Agatha Christie.— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) July 2, 2016